User talk:Deputy2012

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Why?
from your edit history, it looks (note that carefully) like you might have a connection with Australian Book review - if that is the case, then there are components of the COI notice that need to be taken into consideration. JarrahTree 00:56, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

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23rd February 2022
For the record - you have not replied on wiki as to whether you have WP:COI in relation to the main article that you have been editing (note also WP:SPA - this leaves you open to be, down the line to be challenged as to your relationship with ABR, and potentially being blocked.

Also you have edited with an over-loaded edit summary - explanations in edit summaries are lost after the next edit, and are rendered useless for the average reviewer of the edit history of an article - if you have a need to explain - and wish for it to be understood, a talk page is the place for that.

If you have problems with understanding talk pages and their mechanisms - ask for help. JarrahTree 06:58, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

24 February 2022
Hi JarraTree and thank you for your help and welcome posts!

As you guessed I am still working out how best to use the talk pages so my apologies for not responding sooner. I am pretty new to Wikipedia editing so I really appreciate your help and advice and the links you sent through. I have made small edits to pages in the past but this is the first time that I've created an account and I'm eager to learn how best to approach things.

I have a keen interest in Australian literature and publishing and use Wikipedia frequently. As such, I often come across pages where there are small factual/typographical updates so I am keen to learn more about how best to approach this without causing issues or headaches for other editors. I also often become aware of authors who don't have currently have Wikipedia pages but who seem like they would be good candidates for them so, once I have familiarised myself more with the process of editing and creating on Wikipedia I would like to start creating some of these. I will make sure to read through more of the guide pages first though as I still have much to learn about best practice for editorial notes and the use of the talk pages etc and I want my edits to be useful and non-controversial.

I do have a connection to ABR and an interest in the magazine which is partly why I started off by updating some of the information on the ABR page but I did not intend to make any changes to ABR-related pages that would present a COI or that would affect the neutrality of these pages as I respect and appreciate Wikipedia's position on this. I believe my edits were in line with the guidelines you linked through earlier as they were mostly made to update factual details such as the names of prize winners etc and I was editing the page in my own time and not for compensation. However, I will make sure that if I make any future edits on ABR pages that they are strictly factual (eg updating the names of prize winners) or that I flag them for others to look over before publishing (although I may need to work out how to do this first!).

I also appreciate your feedback about my edit notes. I hadn't been sure how much information to include and so had erred on the side of caution and included too much. I appreciate you pointing this out to me.

Again, thank you for your help and understanding as I start out here! Deputy2012 (talk) 23:32, 23 February 2022 (UTC)


 * The trouble to take to reply and explain puts you in very good stead - the non repliers find themselves with more problematic situations.... :)


 * facts, truth are redundancies here - it is the WP:RS and citations that are of more importance, the adding to lists of prize winners, a link/ref always helps. JarrahTree 05:52, 24 February 2022 (UTC)